Ellen Brooks "Ellie" Morgan

Brief Life History of Ellen Brooks "Ellie"

When Ellen Brooks "Ellie" Morgan was born on 19 October 1893, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, her father, Jesse Lomax Morgan, was 39 and her mother, Julia Talbert Brooks, was 24. She married Joseph Boyce Johnson on 19 December 1915, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. She lived in Pickens Township, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 November 1943, in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States.

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Joseph Boyce Johnson
1892–1919
Ellen Brooks "Ellie" Morgan
1893–1943
Marriage: 19 December 1915

Sources (5)

  • Ellie Morgan in household of J L Morgan, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Ellie Brooks Morgan Johnson, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
  • Ellie Morgan, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).

Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).

Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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